Sunnyside Yard has all the ingredients that Trump could wish for. The project involves building a massive platform over the sunken tracks, which will require substantial federal funding. Amtrak owns much of the railyard, and the government effectively owns Amtrak, which means the president can largely set the terms.
Forecasters at NBC 4 New York say temperatures will climb steadily through the back half of this week. By the weekend, we're looking at highs in the upper 50s. That alone feels like a small miracle after the 2026 blizzard, weeks of freezing temperatures and so much lingering snow.
This is a new version of the original bill, which set a buffer zone of up to 100 feet. This version would let the NYPD decide whether there should be a buffer zone, how big it will be and and how long it will be enforced.
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A Saturday morning fire at Fane Grocery in the Melrose section of the Bronx sent thick black smoke pouring over the sidewalk and drew a heavy response from the FDNY, as firefighters worked for hours to get the flames under control. Bystander video captured active flames and dense smoke pushing out of the storefront while crews attacked the blaze.
China is the top overseas birthplace for immigrants in 56 neighborhoods across New York, making it the most widespread of the immigrant groups in the city today. While China leads the most neighborhoods overall, the Dominican Republic is the largest immigrant group citywide. The result is a clear contrast between geographic spread and total population dominance.
Police responded around 6:40 a.m. to a 911 call reporting an assault inside 956 Sherman Avenue, within the 44th Precinct. Officers arriving at the scene found a 42-year-old woman with stab wounds to her neck, torso and back, and a 16-year-old male with stab wounds to his neck and back.
Every time Leah Goodridge leaves her home in New York City, she performs the same exercise: figuring out where the closest bathroom is. That's because Goodridge has uterine fibroids, which force her to use the restroom frequently, normally twice an hour after she drinks something. 'Every time I leave my house, I have to chart it out,' she said.
Svetlana Dali, a Russian National, was discovered on a United flight to Milan that departed Newark on Wednesday night, police sources tell CBS News New York. She allegedly slipped past the gates during boarding and was discovered halfway through the flight.
Autonomous vehicles are in use around the world and around the country, and they are part of the modern travel experience. We are building a new Newark Liberty that meets the demands of the next generation of travel.
It was just loaded. It was painful. It was awful. Everybody was just kind of shaking their head. It was ridiculous. People couldn't believe it. With other South Shore branches suspended, and the few trains running on the Babylon branch making every local stop, passengers at some western Nassau stations were unable to board because they couldn't fit in trains.
If we don't have the resumption of reimbursements ... We're going to have to actually follow our friends in the Gateway program and pursue a solution through the federal court, through the court process. MTA Chair Janno Lieber indicated the agency would pursue litigation if federal funding was not restored by the deadline.
All of a sudden I heard a crack and a big plume of snow like an avalanche. We had arborists out to give it vitamins and everything because we knew it was so old. Unfortunately, it just hadn't been trimmed by the city in a long time. And the snow got to it.
If a 10-pound sphere of ice about 10 centimeters in diameter were to fall, he said, "very quickly" - in about three seconds - "it would reach a terminal velocity of close to 50 or 60 mph." "You're talking about being potentially hit by something 10 pounds going 50 miles an hour. Uh, not pleasant."
After a blizzard that slammed Long Island with more than 30 inches of snow and wind gusts of more than 80 miles per hour in certain areas - as well as shutting down the Long Island Rail Road - the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced Tuesday that regular weekday service will begin Wednesday with the morning commute.
Mamdani said that the key difference between how his administration will handle public encampments and Mayor Eric Adams' approach-which he called a 'failure'-is an emphasis on engaging street homeless individuals to direct them to services and housing.
The NYC Blizzard of 2026 is doing everything forecasters had said it would this weekend, dumping huge amounts of snow across the five boroughs and bringing the city to a near standstill. At least 15 inches of snow was reported at multiple National Weather Service reporting sites as of 7 a.m. Monday morning with heavy bands of the white stuff forecast to continue battering the Big Apple for several more hours.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency across the five boroughs and issued a travel ban that will remain in effect until at least noon today. "We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel, please for your safety, stay home, stay inside and stay off the roads," Mamdani said during an official press conference last night.
